<?php
function xmlfile2assoc($file) {
    $xml = new XMLReader();
    $xml->open($file);
    $assoc = xml2assoc($xml);
    $xml->close();
	return $assoc;
}
function xml2assoc($xml) {
      $assoc = null;
      while($xml->read()){
        switch ($xml->nodeType) {
          case XMLReader::END_ELEMENT: return $assoc;
          case XMLReader::ELEMENT:
            $assoc[$xml->name][] = array('value' => $xml->isEmptyElement ? '' : xml2assoc($xml));
            if($xml->hasAttributes){
              $el =& $assoc[$xml->name][count($assoc[$xml->name]) - 1];
              while($xml->moveToNextAttribute()) $el['attributes'][$xml->name] = $xml->value;
            }
            break;
          case XMLReader::TEXT:
          case XMLReader::CDATA: $assoc .= $xml->value;
        }
      }
      return $assoc;
    }
?>
